General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation company founded in 2000 by Joel Cutler and David Fialkow in Massachusetts. With more than 25 years of experience, the firm manages over $36 billion in assets across six offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Partnering with entrepreneurs from seed through growth stages, it combines financial support with strategic and operational guidance to help founders build enduring businesses. The firm has backed more than 800 companies and hatched over 45 ventures, including household names in technology and consumer services.
General Catalyst invests across a broad range of sectors, including artificial intelligence, healthcare and medical technology, financial technology, defense and intelligence, industrials, enterprise software and consumer products, with a dedicated focus on climate and energy solutions. Its approach spans from early company creation, where it collaborates to form new ventures, through seed funding to support product development, and onward to growth capital that fuels scaling and global expansion. A global community of founders, CEOs and policymakers known as GC Famiglia provides additional peer-to-peer resources and connections.
The firm’s commitment to clean technologies and battery innovation is evident in several strategic investments. In Alsym Energy, General Catalyst co-led a funding round for safer, non-flammable rechargeable batteries aimed at stationary storage and mobility applications. It supports Fourier’s modular green hydrogen systems and backed Charm Industrial’s bio-oil sequestration methods for carbon removal. Investments in Fever Energy enhance grid resilience by optimizing distributed energy resources, while funding for Re:Build Manufacturing drives new industrial capacity in clean tech production. These positions reinforce General Catalyst’s role in advancing decarbonization and resilient energy infrastructure.
